Thank you for today’s 多文化共生フォーラム!! Today, I learned the importance of Co-working and Co-creation with foreigners including international immigrants. I found that the lectures at today’s forum are linked with what I learned in the UK during my study abroad and what I’m studying now in Gakushuin University about migration and those challenges and problems. Honestly, I hadn’t known the history of migration (especially in Japan) until I took a class about human rights and economic development. I guess many Japanese people don’t know about the issues because these are unfamiliar issues for them. With the spread of threat of Russia-Ukraine war, I reckon it’s time to think international migration challenges and problems to co-work with asylum seekers and migrants during the time of war. I want to know more about how we can help migrants.
東南アジアにおける日本への留学は、日本人で例えると大学進学のようなもので、一種のステータスなんだろうと思っていたが、内陸などでASEAN のように大企業を呼び寄せて、加工貿易のような貿易拠点になる事が出来ないから、外国に出ないと職や金がないという明確な理由がある事を学ぶ事が出来た。講義の中であったさびれてお客が入っていないインド料理屋がなぜ成り立っているのかという話は、低賃金で働かされている外国人労働者問題の根本的な原因な気がして、負の連鎖のようなものを感じた。また、日本への留学がヨーロッパの各国より人気な原因が、日本のみstudy and work であるということを知り、日本への労働移民の多さを再確認し、このまま労働移民が増えると日本も多民族国家の仲間入りをする事があるのかもしれないと思った。
To begin with, I was surprised to find out that Japan was one of the countries that accepted many foreign people because now Japan seems to be very negative about it. However, I also learned that it was because there has been less migration flow due to the pandemic and this problem of less international flow of people has become a problem not only for Japan, but also many other countries that need human resources from outside of their countries. Moreover, especially in Japan, this problem has been making the worker shortage more serious since foreign workforce is no longer helping to cover the shortage. I only made it to Part II unfortunately, but it was a really interesting forum so I wish I could attend all the parts. I made a comment: The differences between the phenomena that Asia has and that Europe and/or the United States has about migration are interesting.
「国際労働力移動を多元的視座から探究する ―協働・共創の未来」 Multicultural Synergetic Society Analyzing the migration of international workers from various multi-functional viewpoints = Values of co-operation and synergetic society with Human Rights and Business
多文化研創立35周年を控えて新しい時代を切り拓く。 Coming 35th Anniversary of Society for Multicultural Community Studies, creating the new era of multicultural synergetic community. 土田 千愛 東京大学地域未来社会連携研究機構特任助教。博士(国際貢献)。
「国際労働力移動を多元的視座から探究する ―協働・共創の未来」 Multicultural Synergetic Society Analyzing the migration of international workers from various multi-functional viewpoints = Values of co-operation and synergetic society with Human Rights and Business
多文化研創立35周年を控えて新しい時代を切り拓く。 Coming 35th Anniversary of Society for Multicultural Community Studies, creating the new era of multicultural synergetic community. 土田 千愛 東京大学地域未来社会連携研究機構特任助教。博士(国際貢献)。